The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-12-03
IN TEE WORLD OF LABOR.
Specially Compiled for the roileraby an Ad
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Two thousand tons Of coal pass over
the main line of the Reading railroad every
hour of the day and night.
According to the views of great in
ventor, the multiplication Of machinery
means better times for the laborer.
The local assemblyof Knights Of Labor
at Drifton, offer reward of S10O for the
apprehension of the party or parties who
set fire to Coxes' No. 2 breaker, recen
ty.
1t is predicted that the out put Of coal
for the year 1888 will be 40,0OO,OOO tons.
A number of new works will be opened in
the anthracite coal region at an early
day.
1t is said that the increased contributions
10 the Lehfgh and Panther Valleys strikers
have made them, if anything, more deter
mined than ever to hold out against the
operators.
Owing to the inferior quality of anth-
racte coal furnished in consequence OF the
strike in the Lehigh region, the Glendon
Furnace Company will blow ont one of its
stacks at South Easton.
The Tamaqua Courier says That
unlessaid issoon forthcoming tothe striking
and starving miners in that town-the
murnerlng that is now done secretly will
soon shoke the Lehigh region from centre
to circumference.
The carrying capacity of a railroad car
of 10 tons has been figured on by somebody
who gives this as a result: Wheat, $40 bush
els; corn, AGO bushels potatoes, 43O bush
els: apples, 80 bushels; oats $50 bushels;
lumber, 6,OOO feet; butter, 10000 pounds
-four, 90 barrels; whisky, GO barrels; wood,
g cords; cattle, 1S to 20 head; hogs, so to 60
head; sheep. so to 100 head.
-Ario Pardee, a Lehigh coal baron,
says that he will conduct his business ac-
cording to his own thinking and under no
circumstances will he allow outside parties
to dictate as to what he shall or shall not
do. Correct! but Mr.. Pardce should con-
duct his business with some idea of justice
to his employees and not swell his pocket
book by depressing the miners.
The railroads of the United States are
equipped with 25,4t5 locomotives, 1922
passenger cars, 6325 baggage and mail cars,
and S45, ,941 freight cars, being an increase
of over 10000 freight cars within year,
and of 1l5, 900 freight cars within iye years.
Within FIVE years the increase in locomotives
has been 4300, not taking into account those
that are worn out and out of use.
The heaviest passenger locomotive ever
turned out in Paterson was shipped from
that city to other day. 1t was for the
| Union Pacific Railroad, and it weighed
112, 900 pounds. When It is known that
the heaviest freight engine, with eight
driving wheels, weighs only 120, 900 pounds
and this passenger engine has only foui
drivers, some idea of its size may be in
ferred.
Earnings of 103 railways for ten months
show gain of 1871 per cent, over the samt
time in 1886, cooper cent, over 1885, and
17S per cent, oyer 1884 Railroad manag
ers are beginning to feel much more encou
aged than they we're month ago, and al
soon as the yearly reports shall have beer
completed and prices settled purchasing
agents will be instructed to make heavy
| purchases.
The boycott decided upon by the Read
ing employees on Lehish coal is being en-
forced. The coal that now goes from the
Lshigh Coal and Navigation Company
mines is carried on the jersey Contra
Railroad, and much of it passes over the
North Penn to Philadelphia. The latte
company was Wednesday morning com
PEELED To refuse to receive it, owing Il
crews on that road having declined to take
out trains from Bethlehem. This actor
will cause reduction of crews in the ser
vice on the Jersey Central
The miners throughout the countr.
have gained very little permanent advant
age by their agitators this year. The nat
ural improvement in demand has helpe(
wages up in some localities, but trade or
ganization is not credited With very mucl
of the improvement. The miners recog
nize that their mistake for years has been Il
fight one coal section against another AM
one State against another. Their effor
now is to establish scale of wages suitabl
for the various mining districts, and thel
to act together, one section refusing to fiji
the contracts of another section in case o
strikes-Record.